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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2016
“Finest Hours” Presentation with Michael Tougias, 2 p.m., Co-
lumbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria.
* Community Skate Night, 5 p.m., The Armory, 1636 Exchange
St., Astoria, $3, all ages.
Tom Trudell, jazz, 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria,
no cover.
George Coleman, folk, 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415
Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., no cover.
Larry Yes, Nate Lumbard & Ivy and Joel Ricci, Americana, 7 p.m.,
Sou’Wester Lodge, 3728 J Place, Seaview, Wash.
Hondo’s Open Mic, 7:30 p.m., Hondo’s Brew & Cork, 2703 Marine
Drive, Astoria, no cover.
Bradford Loomis, Americana, 9 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid
Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., no cover.
DJ Sugar PDX Dance Party, 9:30 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broad-
way, Seaside, 21 and older.
Friday
* Free First Day Hikes, 10 a.m., Oregon State Parks, near cities in
Clatsop County, free admission, all ages.
* Fort Clatsop Holiday Happenings, 10:30 a.m., Lewis & Clark
National Historical Park, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, all
ages.
* New Year’s Day Fun Run, 10:30 a.m., Maritime Memorial Park,
10 Bay St., Astoria, $15, all ages.
New Year’s Day Polar Plunge Fundraiser, 10:30 a.m., Neah-
kahnie Beach, north of Reed & Nehalem roads, Manzanita, all
ages.
Karen Gale Artist Reception, 3 p.m., Hoffman Center, 594 Lane-
da Ave., Manzanita.
* Community Skate Night, 5 p.m., The Armory, 1636 Exchange
St., Astoria, $3, all ages.
David Drury, jazz, 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria,
no cover.
Tom Trudell, jazz, 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific
Way, Seaview, Wash., no cover.
Maggie & the Cats, 6:30 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, no cover, 21 and older.
Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament, 7 p.m., American Legion 168,
1216 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 21 and older.
Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Baked Alaska, No. 1 12th St., Astoria, $2
person per game.
Hondo’s Open Mic, 7:30 p.m., Hondo’s Brew & Cork, 2703 Marine
Drive, Astoria, no cover.
Bradford Loomis, Americana, 9 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid
Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., no cover.
Twisted Karaoke, 9 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway, Seaside, 21
and older.
Saturday
* “Treasure the Beach” Beach Clean Up, 9 a.m., Seaside Beach,
meet at Seashore Inn on the Beach, 60 N. Promenade, Seaside,
all ages.
* Fort Clatsop Holiday Happenings, 10:30 a.m., Lewis & Clark
National Historical Park, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, all
ages.
* Year of Wellness Open House Forum & Presentation, 1 p.m.,
Manzanita Branch Library, 571 Laneda Ave., Manzanita.
Sunday
Jennifer Goodenberger, contemporary, 11:30 a.m., Bridgewater
Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, no cover.
Kitchen Music Jam Session, 1 p.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715
Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash.
Bradford Loomis, Americana, 7 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid
Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., no cover.
Three For Silver, Top 40, 8 p.m., Fort George Brewery, 1483
Duane St., Astoria, no cover.
Twisted Karaoke, 9 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway, Seaside, 21
and older.
* Recommended for kids.
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the river without a permit,
seven of which were as-
sessed for violations . Each
of the seven violations cost
$7,800, combining to more
than $54,000 in fines. An-
other $30,700 was added to
account for money Da Yang
saved by not complying
with the department’s re-
quirements.
The Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality issued the
fine Nov. 30 and announced
the penalty publicly in the
middle of December .
Bachman said Da Yang
contacted his office in April
about getting a National
By EDWARD
STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
The state Department
of Environmental Quali-
ty fined Da Yang Seafoods
$85,319 for discharging
wastewater from its Pier
2 processing plant into the
Columbia River between
June 2008 and May without
a federal permit.
Jeff Bachman, an envi-
ronmental law specialist
with the department , said
there were 42 occurrences
in which Da Yang had dis-
charged wastewater into
Pollutant Discharge Elimi-
nation System 900-J permit,
required for fish processors
to ensure discharges do not
harm human health or the
environment. The permit
limits the amount of allowed
discharge, and requires mon-
itoring and reporting.
During an inspection for
the permit, Bachman said,
investigators found there
were floor drains discharg-
ing into the water beneath.
The department found Da
Yang was not registered for
coverage under the permit
at its Pier 2 location.
The Port of Astoria Com-
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SEASIDE — Nearly 550
children in the Seaside and
Gearhart area received a
special gift this holiday sea-
son because of the Rotary
Club of Seaside’s Wishing
Tree program.
While the nonprofit or-
ganization
spearheaded
the program and purchased
items to ensure each child
gets something, a majority
of the gifts came from the
community , which “gave
many children in our area a
wonderful Christmas,” said
Rotarian Sandy McDowall,
the organizer of the Seaside
program.
As in several years past,
the Rotary Club hung paper
bells on trees at institutions
across town, such as all the
local banks, Providence Sea-
side Hospital, the Sunset
Empire Park & Recreation
District and the Wine and
Beer Haus at the Seaside
Factory Outlet Center. Each
bell contained the gender of
a child, his or her age and
suggestions for Christmas
presents.
Community
members
picked up about 140 paper bells
and returned them with gifts for
RAINIER — A sinkhole
that opened during early De-
cember À oods in Rainier re-
mains open, with no repair
date scheduled.
The Daily News reported
that the state Department of
Transportation is spending
about $10,000 a day to pump
water from the hole to keep
it from À owing over nearby
U.S. Highway 30. A more
permanent repair is still in
the works.
Department of Transpor-
tation spokesman Lou Torres
says the sinkhole was caused
when a corrugated metal cul-
vert that carries Fox Creek
through Rainier was over-
the designated children.
Additionally, Seaside’s
Les Schwab Tire Center did
a toy collection in conjunc-
tion with Dutch Bros. Cof-
fee and donated the items to
the Wishing Tree program.
Finally, the regional Toys
For Tots detachment con-
tributed more than 900 toys
to the program this year.
Toys For Tots, sponsored by
the U.S. Marine Corps Re-
serve, is coordinated by Lou
Neubecker, a retired Marine
from Seaside.
“With everyone’s help,
we were able to assist 194
families in our area alone,”
McDowall said.
whelmed with water during
the storms earlier this month.
Torres says it is unclear
how much damage was done
to the culvert. The state has
assembled a project team that
includes a geologist, hydrol-
ogist and engineers to deter-
mine how to ¿ x the problem
once they pinpoint the source
of the trouble.
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(minor) adverse impact on
human health or the envi-
ronment.”
Bachman said the prima-
ry pollutants in Da Yang’s
wastewater discharges in-
clude suspended solids,
bacteria and other organ-
ic material. “To humans,
it’s not a particularly high
threat,” he said, adding the
wastewater mostly makes
water less hospitable for
aquatic life.
The Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality is draft-
ing the permit Da Yang
applied for in May. Bach-
man said the department is
preparing to meet with the
company for the hearing.
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denies it happened each of
the specific months alleged.
The company’s lawyer, Aar-
on Courtney, argued that al-
leged violations before Nov.
30, 2012, are barred because
of a statute of limitations,
and that the company has
made efforts to correct the
alleged violations, promptly
applying for a wastewater
permit in May and installing
two hydrosieves, technolo-
gy commonly used by fish
processors to filter waste-
water.
Courtney argued the dis-
charges are minor, “as there
exists no evidence that the
alleged discharges resulted
in more than de minimis
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mission transferred a lease
on the plant at the end of
Pier 2 from Fremont Sea-
foods to Da Yang 11 years
ago, after Fremont had
fallen into debt. Da Yang
has previously been fined
$27,000 by the U.S. En-
vironmental
Protection
Agency for failing to keep
proper records of the dates
it serviced its blast freez-
er, which uses chemicals
that can damage the earth’s
ozone layer if released.
Da Yang has appealed the
Department of Environmen-
tal Quality’s fine and asked
for a contested case hearing.
The company admits to
discharging wastewater but
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